LA063-6-FY-CO:
Practice of Translation and Cultural Mediation II
2024/25
Language and Linguistics
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Future
30
20 March 2023
Requisites for this module
LA052
The Department of Language and Linguistics can offer guidance on prior knowledge or qualification exemptions.
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BA Q911 Modern Languages Translation, Interpreting and Cultural Mediation,
BA Q912 Modern Languages Translation, Interpreting and Cultural Mediation (Including Foundation Year)
The main aim of the module is to help students refine and consolidate the skill and strategies learned in the 1st and 2nd year of the course: Public speaking, specialized translation, consecutive and bilateral interpreting.
Students will be experiencing a systematic approach to note taking for interpreting, alongside further aspect of Pragmatics and Interpreting ethics applied to business and public service scenarios. Introduction to technologies of translation to enhance and speed up the translation process will also be part of this module. In the AU term students will also be introduced to aspects of Audiovisual Translation and learn the foundations of subtitling skills.
In the practical, language specific seminar classes, students will be discussing and finding solutions for the translation of technical as well as literary texts, they will be practicing note taking for interpreting in business and public service settings as well as practicing consecutive and dialogic interpreting. The translation and interpreting tasks will be quite specialised and therefore LA063 will be drawing on perspectives borrowed from multiple disciplines to find a transdisciplinary framework that helps to compare cultures: frameworks in psychology, anthropology, international business, applied linguistics and discourse studies.
The aims of this module are:
• To prepare students to accurately translate texts pertaining to different genres and domains.
• To prepare students to interpret (in consecutive mode) speeches of general interest and in typical settings.
• To prepare students to interpret (in bilateral mode), in mock professional scenarios such as: business, police, and medical.
• To prepare students to recognize and reproduce texts using appropriate levels of formality, register and terminology.
• To enable students to learn to research on the topic of their assigned tasks to increase their own cultural understanding and that of the target culture.
• To enable students to apply their knowledge in a range of situations where they can engage in critical decision-making tasks.
• To provide students with the opportunity to use appropriate technology for translation
• To provide an insight into the basic principles and specific challenges of subtitling
• To enable students to use and test their translation strategies by subtitling short clips with the professional software, Wincaps Qu4ntum
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
1. Recognise register sub registers and different level of formality
2. Research and use appropriate terminology
3. Translate and interpret texts pertaining to specialised genres (popular science, medical, literary, media, promotional)
4. Critically reflect on context, purpose, target audience and style of texts
5. Demonstrate competency in commenting on translation choices
6. Demonstrate understanding of the practices of consecutive and bi-lateral interpreting
7. Demonstrate awareness of the principles of subtitling and the basic subtitling techniques.
8. Demonstrate full competency in working productively, resourcefully, and efficiently alone or as part of a team.
Syllabus Information
* Defining culture
* The Translator, Interpreter and cultural mediator
* Language and Culture: translation and mediation in theory and practice
* Ethics and Interpreting
* Introduction to Technologies of translation
* Note taking for Interpreting
* Practice of translation and transcreation
* Subtitling
The practical sessions on translation and interpreting will be taken from selected sources.
This module will be delivered via:
1. 1 hour lecture
2. 2 contact hours: Language specific
3. 2 contact hours Subtitling in the AU term
The practical sessions on translation and interpreting will be informed by examples taken from selected sources
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
No
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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No lecture recording information available for this module.
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